"Where in North America?" -- Section I

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02-19-2009, 08:51 PM
Quebec Gen

"Where in North America?" -- Section I

I first encountered this kind of game in a photo sharing community and I thought it might be fun to have one here on a North American scale. The concept is very simple: people post a photo of a particular location and the others have to guess. The poster can give hints or not. The photo has to show something that can be recognized (i.e. no pictures of people/animals with no background, or extreme macro close-ups).

For example:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...-mystery-1.jpg
Where is this?

This is the First section of a popular mind puzzle first brought to the membership by member Quebec Gen.

General Rules of the "Where in North America is this?" Game
1) Anyone can play -- just follow along and test your mettle about places found in North America.
2) You'll need to be a registered member of this Forum if you want to contribute your own photographs and/or participate in the discussion for each place.
3) You will need to have the ownership or usage rights to any photo that you post on this forum, as per the terms & conditions of Federal copyright law. If you post a photo that you do not own the rights to, Forum Management reserves the right to remove it. As a matter of practical use, we would expect that you would be posting only those photos that you or a close family member have taken.
4) Every photo of a mystery place needs to be unique in some way -- And there should be "visual clues" in the photo to enable us to solve where the mystery location is...

(Inactive -- you can look, but not enter new posts!)
Section I = 33 pages of places you might know
Section II = 28 more pages of places and some REALLY gorgeous photographs!
Section III = 28 more pages of places that might really stump you!
Section IV -- 15 more pages, with some very tricky clues
Section V -- 15 more pages of some very pretty and engaging places....
Section VI -- 15 more pages with more of those "very creative" clues that are nearly as vexing as the images....
Section VII -- Marked by some very clever clues and some VERY challenging puzzles spread over another 15 pages of places you might have seen in your travels in North America.
Section VIII, started on September 22nd with mystery puzzles from a dozen or more states and some new players have joined the merry band of geo-wizards...working on another fifteen pages of puzzles.
Section IX-- Some really beautiful and challenging puzzle mystery locations from all over North America found on another 15 pages.
Section X -- Spanning nearly four months of puzzles of North American locations on 16 more pages.
Section XI -- Started on March 14, 2010.
Section XII-- Started June 11, 2010 with 20 pages of new geo-puzzles from around North America

Section XIII-- Started July 29, 2014 is currently the Active Part of this Game/Contest
Enjoy! Courtesy of the RoadTrip Enthusiasts Group!
02-19-2009, 08:58 PM
AZBuck

Easy Indeed

Nubble Light, Cape Neddick, York, Maine

OK, and keeping it simple and to a theme:

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 12:53 AM
Mark Sedenquist

Hooper Straight Lighthouse?

This one didn't seem that easy to me.... But I think it is the Hooper Straight Lighthouse which is in St. Michaels, MD at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum?

OK, here's another easier one....
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/people/skytype6.jpg
And for bonus points -- what are those planes?

Mark
02-20-2009, 05:18 AM
Quebec Gen

Niagara?

From the shape, it looks like Niagara... I'm clueless about the planes though...Some kind of aerial show maybe??

Here's another one:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...-mystery-2.jpg
02-20-2009, 07:53 AM
AZBuck

Yes

Mark, that is indeed the Hooper Strait Light. And I believe that the planes over Niagara are AT-6 Texans, but I don't recognize the markings. Who has that many and does formation flights?

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 08:29 AM
Rollin'

State Park.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...dTrip07321.jpg
02-20-2009, 10:22 AM
Quebec Gen

Rollin's photo intrigues me...Those rock formations look like mushrooms, very cute. I would've said Badlands but it's a NP not a SP...
02-20-2009, 10:42 AM
Southwest Dave

Goblin ?

Is that Goblin State park Rollin?

Nice pics by the way !
02-20-2009, 10:43 AM
AZBuck

Goblin Valley?

Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess Goblin Valley State Park for Rollin's post. It probably helped that I knew that the geologic term for the features is hoodoos. But Gen's still has me stumped. Searching....

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 10:53 AM
Rollin'

Quote:

Originally Posted by Southwest Dave

Is that Goblin State park Rollin?

Nice pics by the way !

Thanks Dave!

Yes. Goblin State Park.
02-20-2009, 11:30 AM
Southwest Dave

And another.

In that case, here's [an easy] one for you all.

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...&pictureid=530
02-20-2009, 12:01 PM
Quebec Gen

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZBuck

But Gen's still has me stumped. Searching....

@Buck : Come on, it should be an easy one, especially for an Arizonan like you!;-) It's a popular destination for a lot of Arizonans.
02-20-2009, 12:02 PM
Quebec Gen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Southwest Dave

In that case, here's [an easy] one for you all.

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...&pictureid=530

Canyonlands?
02-20-2009, 12:11 PM
AZBuck

Not Horseshoe Bend

Yes, I know I should know this, but it is not the obvious answer of Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado. Maybe I'm not as well versed as I should be on such matters.

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 01:21 PM
AZBuck

D'Oh!

Of course, it's Gooseneck State Park in Utah. Just had to let my mind relax and think in terms of what it was rather than where it was or what it was named. I must be getting a bit slow on the uptake.

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 01:43 PM
Southwest Dave

Sure is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZBuck

Of course, it's Gooseneck State Park in Utah. Just had to let my mind relax and thin in terms of what it was rather than where it was or what it was named. I must be getting a bit slow on the uptake.

AZBuck

Correcto !!
02-20-2009, 03:05 PM
Quebec Gen

Another one

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...9323ee58_o.jpg
02-20-2009, 04:05 PM
AZBuck

Renaissance Center

Detroit. It helps when one has seen the target in the flesh. So what's the sculpture in the foreground? I still have no clue as to the memorial(?)/sculpture on the waterfront.

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 06:08 PM
AZBuck

OK - The 'Memorial'

I believe that it's a new waterfront sculpture in Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco), Sonora, Mexico. I've never been, even though my wife's cousin owns a condo there and my daughter, son-in-law, and grand kids go down all the time. Just goes to show that you can find just about anything with the web and enough time.

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 06:38 PM
Quebec Gen

Buck strikes again!

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZBuck

Detroit. It helps when one has seen the target in the flesh. So what's the sculpture in the foreground? I still have no clue as to the memorial(?)/sculpture on the waterfront.

AZBuck

It's a monument in honor of the boxer Joe Louis.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZBuck

I believe that it's a new waterfront sculpture in Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco), Sonora, Mexico. I've never been, even though my wife's cousin owns a condo there and my daughter, son-in-law, and grand kids go down all the time. Just goes to show that you can find just about anything with the web and enough time.AZBuck

Congrats! It's right in the center of town, by the waterfront.
02-20-2009, 06:40 PM
Quebec Gen

Who and where?

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...-mystery-3.jpg
02-20-2009, 09:46 PM
AZBuck

Bird Lives

Charlie Parker, Kansas City, MO

AZBuck
02-20-2009, 10:00 PM
Rollin'

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...dTrip07023.jpg
02-20-2009, 10:26 PM
Mark Sedenquist

I recommend that place to every I-70 traveler

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin'

Thanks Dave!
Yes. Goblin State Park.

Here are some more photos of Goblin State Park.

Mark
02-20-2009, 10:27 PM
Mark Sedenquist

The cave -- Carlsbad Caverns

I suppose you want us to name the room? I've seen this.... Hmmmm

Mark
02-20-2009, 10:31 PM
Mark Sedenquist

SNJ-2 Navy fighters.... over Niagara

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZBuck

And I believe that the planes over Niagara are AT-6 Texans, but I don't recognize the markings. Who has that many and does formation flights?

Here's the story on them.

And.... technically you are also correct, they were also configured as AT-6 Texans -- here is some more detailed information about the planes. and this site is the group of pilots we worked with in 1997.

Mark
02-20-2009, 11:00 PM
Rollin'

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

I suppose you want us to name the room? I've seen this.... Hmmmm

Mark

The rest of the story... We went to see the cave and the bats and then the rain came.
The Park Rangers made us leave the park and we never got to see even one bat.
I guess we will have to go back.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...llin53/310.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...dTrip07061.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...dTrip07063.jpg
02-20-2009, 11:09 PM
Mark Sedenquist

Gonna profile a new mural

There's a mural on a horse in the visitor's center that we'll profile in a couple of weeks. Did you see it when you were there?

Nice threatening shot of the incoming lightning!

Mark
02-20-2009, 11:32 PM
Rollin'

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

There's a mural on a horse in the visitor's center that we'll profile in a couple of weeks. Did you see it when you were there?

Nice threatening shot of the incoming lightning!

Mark

I do not remember a mural.
Thank you. It was a bad storm a lot of lightning and wind!
02-21-2009, 09:15 AM
Rollin'

What and where?

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...in53/TJ281.jpg
02-21-2009, 09:20 AM
Mass Tim

Sequoia?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin'

What and where?

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...in53/TJ281.jpg

I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and guess that's a sequoia cone in... Yosemite?
02-21-2009, 09:31 AM
Quebec Gen

@Buck: you got it (once again)!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mass Tim

I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and guess that's a sequoia cone in... Yosemite?

Or could it be in Sequoia NP??

Another easy one:

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...0d5420147f.jpg
02-21-2009, 09:43 AM
Rollin'

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quebec Gen

@Buck: you got it (once again)!

Or could it be in Sequoia NP??

Yes! Sequoia seed pod. This one was in Sequoia NP.
02-21-2009, 11:20 AM
Mass Tim

Heh

I thought that going with Sequoia NP would be too obvious...d'oh!
02-21-2009, 11:52 AM
Quebec Gen

Gotcha!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mass Tim

I thought that going with Sequoia NP would be too obvious...d'oh!

Sorry Tim, I kind of stole this one from you:) But, that's part of the game!
02-21-2009, 01:12 PM
Rollin'

A little harder (maybe) :)
What and where?

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...rip07125-1.jpg
02-21-2009, 02:08 PM
Quebec Gen

Saguaro NP?
02-21-2009, 04:10 PM
Mark Sedenquist

Define "easier" for me!

Re: Gen's last photo:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...0d5420147f.jpg
The lack of vegetation would make me think White Sands NM or Death Valley NP, but I've been down every paved road in those parks and I don't remember seeing this view. Hmmm, this has me stumped a bit.

Mark
02-21-2009, 04:28 PM
Quebec Gen

Easy for Californians

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

Re: Gen's last photo:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...0d5420147f.jpg
The lack of vegetation would make me think White Sands NM or Death Valley NP, but I've been down every paved road in those parks and I don't remember seeing this view. Hmmm, this has me stumped a bit.

Mark

Mark, I am sure you've been to that place or drove by that place several times as it is located right next to a major CA interstate.
02-21-2009, 04:53 PM
Mark Sedenquist

Dumont Dunes?

I'll take a flier here -- the spacing of the pit toilets would suggest the area gets lots of visitor activity -- so I'm thinking OHV -- so.... Dumont Dunes?

Mark

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